Articles
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THE REAL ”SKINNY” ON BURNING FAT
Spring is coming (believe it or not!). And it’s clearance time! Time to rid your body of a multitude of winter sins. But let’s pause a minute… We live in a “feel good” society. One of the most fundamental ways of feeling good is eating. We eat during mealtimes, after school, work, before bed, and…
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STRESSED? REFRESH THIS SUMMER WITH NEW CHOICES
Summertime: Hot, sunny, lazy days to enjoy the outdoors. Its a time to pause and refresh from the tension accrued during the year; an opportunity to put life’s stressors on the back burner; and hamburgers and hot dogs up front. But how do you shed stressors? Surely the summer brings responsibilities to which one must…
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LOSE WEIGHT BY EATING MORE…
Sheila B., an obese woman, who craves high-fat foods such as, chocolate cake, butter (by itself!) and potato chips, often says that she will virtually eat anything that doesn’t eat her first. She admits that her weight is totally out of her control. Yet, for Lent, she has given up eating desserts of any kind.…
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THE BOILERMAKER
It is customary for many people to assume that the most crucial factor for producing change in the various institutions of our society is “time.” If you spend four years in a college program, you earn a degree; a nine year-old child who has never been left back must be in the fourth grade. <?xml:namespace…
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THANKGOODNESS FOR THANKSGIVING!
“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” Willliam Butler Yeats Thanksgiving: Opening day of the Holiday Season.” The time of the year when you have to remember you are a family again. You know, don your best Sunday clothes, travel miles and miles together to visit other members of…
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ADD/ADHD: A Change in Focus–(Working Format–IGNORE)
“Be careful how you interpret the world: It is like that.” Erich Heller (1909-1990) Several years ago while traveling through India, Thom Hartmann, who authored many books on “Attention Deficit Disorder” (ADD), began a conversation with some Indian Businessmen: “I’m curious, but in your country, are you familiar with the…
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HOW TO MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR TEENAGER
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” E.E.Cummings Do you have a teenager who drives you crazy? Do you ever wonder if perhaps he (or she) was switched at birth with an alien? Living in a household with Beings they don’t understand, parents often feel bewildered, frustrated and wonder just…
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BELIEFS: ARE YOU POSITIVE YOUR “SELF” IS YOURSELF?
How many times have you heard someone say, “You’ll have to excuse me, I’m just not myself today.” Who do you suppose was filling-in that day? <?xml:namespace prefix = o /> Usually, this sort of apologetic statement is designed to have someone believe that the behavior being observed today is not typical of what…
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LEAVING HOME: PART 2
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Have you ever considered how many contexts (situations) there are in which to be afraid of something? In Part 1, Agoraphobia was described as a fear of being in open, unfamiliar places; or of leaving home. This is the most commonly reported type of phobia. However, many…
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ARE YOU POSITIVE YOUR ”SELF” IS YOURSELF?
How many times have you heard someone say, “You’ll have to excuse me, I’m just not myself today.” Who do you suppose was filling-in that day? Usually, this sort of apologetic statement is designed to have someone believe that the behavior being observed today is not typical of what may be expected of me on…
